Belt-buckle



D. S. BEARS.

BELT BUCKLE. APPLICATION men MAY 4, 1920.

Patented Sept. 14,1920.

UNITED -s'r- PATENT. OFFICE; I

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To allwhom it may concern; r

Be it known that I, DANIEL S. BEARS, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, and resident of the city of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt-Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to belt buckles of the class adapted to automatically grip and bind a belt in adjusted position about the body of the wearer, and the object of this invention is to provide a belt-gripping plate in the buckle-body, which is provided with biting teeth and which is slidably mounted in guide slots in the sides of the body in such a way that its teeth may be readily and completely withdrawn from engagement with the belt when it is desired to release the same.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the following detail description is takcnin connection with the accompanying drawings, the invention residing in the combination and arrangement of parts as claimed. 7

In the drawings forming part of this specification, like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views and wherein 1 Figure 1 is an edge view illustrating my improved buckle in section and in position on the belt.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the buckle in section, showing the belt-gripping member in operative position as engaging the belt end. I v

Fig. 3 is the same as Fig. 2 but showing the belt gripping plate as raised into position to withdraw its teeth from engagement with the belt.

Fig. 4: is a perspective of the clamp plate.

Fig. 5 is an edge view of this plate.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the under side of thebelt-buckle.

My improved buckle is preferably of that type in which one end of the belt is gripped and positively retained by a binding plate while the other end ofthebelt is adjustably retained byan independent gripping member,'the free end of the belt being guided to the rear or back of the other portion of the Specification of Letters Patent.

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The following is a detail description of Patented Sept. 14;, 19,20. V

.Application filed. May. f4, 1920. Serial No. 378,893 1 one construction of. mechanism-by which .my invention is carried out.

V Nib reference to the drawings, 10 designates the body of the buckle, which is usually formed ofprecious netal or plated stock and is-provided with two; side walls 11. turned back at substantially a right an- Y gle to the plane of the front plate.

Each of these side walls 18 shown as be- 11g PIQVided with inclined slots 12 in which mounted. V My: invention however relates to. the mechanism at, the opposite end of the thebuckle being also provided with inclined slots 14;, the lower end 16 of each of these slots being disposed to extend at an angle outwardly from the back of the buckle and the outer end 17 of each slot being turned to extend a short distance inwardly toward the back 15 of the buckle.

A gripping or binding plate 18 is mounted between the sides of the buckle, which plate is provided with laterally extending ears or projections 19 which project into the slots 14, which projections are narrow a plurality of. inwardly-turned teeth- '22 which are adapted to embed themselves into the surface of the belt-end 23 to securely bind and hold. this end'of the belt against the body of the buckle.

It is found 1n pract ce very diflicult to release the teeth 22 from the belt by simply sliding the plate outwardly in the grooves 14 as the teeth must necessarily be of sufiicient length to bite deeply into the belt, and,

therefore, it is found to be of advantage to,

be able to tip the toothed edge of this plate the belt-gripping bar is slidab'ly buckle. hThe side walls 11 :at this end of upwardly or outwardly as illustrated in Fig. 3, to completely remove or withdraw these teeth from the belt. To accomplish this I force the bearing members 19 of the plate up into the inwardly-extending por tion 17 of the slot whereby the rear or toothed end of this plate is raised sufiiciently come all of the difficulties which have here tofore been experienced with this class of buckle, and I am enabled to grip and bind this end of the belt and securely retain it in the buckle-body while the free end of the belt may bereadily adjusted by the grip ping member 18 at the opposite end of the buckle.

The device is extremely simple and practical in construction and effective in its operation.

The foregoing description is directed solel toward the construction illustrated, but desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A belt buckle comprising a body having side walls, each provided'with an inclined guide slot, a belt-gripping plate being adapted to grip one end of the belt against the inner surface of said body and the opposite edge thereof being inclined so that when in operative position it rests against said inner face of said bodyto guide the incoming opposite belt-end thereover, said plate being provided with trunnions mounted in said slots to both slide and tip therein and so lift its belt-engaging edge clear of the belt to completely release the same.

2. A belt buckle comprising a body hav ing side walls, each provided with an out wardly inclined guide slot having its upper portion directed inwardly at an angle to its lower portion, a belt-gripping plate having side bearing members extending into said slots, one portion of said plate being provided with teeth whereby an outward sliding movement of said plate in said slots first raises the plate and then tips it to withdraw its teeth from the belt.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

DANIEL S. BEARS. 

